Songs in der Sendung (wahrscheinlich):
Karen Casey: Erin’s lovely home (Ships in the forest)
Sandy Denny: The quiet land of erin
Cara Dillon: Winding river roe

Edward Connors by Andy Irvine

„My name is Edward Connors, and the same I’ll ne’er disown,
I used to live in happiness, near in to Portglenone,
I sold my farm as you will hear which grieves my heart full sore,
I sailed away to Amerikay and left the Shamrock shore.“

Cara Dillon: Winding river roe

Some poets sing of a noble king
All of a sweetheart fair
Some tell a tale of ships that sail
With treasures rich and rare
But my humble pen still drifts again
To scenes of long ago
Across the sea to the Benedy
And the winding river Roe

Right well do I remember now
Those happy childhood days
And the times I had when just a lad
On Carn’s lovely braes
And when my mind is thus inclined
No other joys I know
For my heart remains on the verdant plains
Near the winding river Roe

Benbradagh’s crown o’er Dungiven town
Is still within my view
And the Benedy Glen I worshipped then
Still lives in memory too
The beautiful scene of Cashel Green
Still haunts where ere I go
And in all my dreams I see it seems
The winding river Roe

If fortune smiles on me a while
I’ll cross the sea again
And all those years of toil and tears
Will be forgotten then
And when at last my life has passed
Contentedly I’ll go
Across the sea to the Benedy
And the winding river Roe

Sandy Denny: The quiet land of Erin

By myself I’d be in Ard Ti Cuan
Where the mountains stands away
And it’s I would let the Sundays go
In the cuckoo’s glen above the bay

„My name is James McGarvey, as you may understand,
I come from Derrygennard where I owned a farm of land.
But the rents were getting higher and I could no longer stay,
So farewell unto you bonny, bonny, Slieve Gallion Braes.
It was not the lack of employment alone,
That caused the poor sons of old Erin to roam.
But it was the cruel landlords who drove us all away,
So farewell unto you bonny, bonny Sliev“

Farewell to Fiunary
The air is clear the day is fine, and swiftly swiftly flows the time
The boat is floating on the tide that wafts me off from Fiunary

We must up and haste away, we must up and haste away
We must up and haste away, farewell, farewell tae Fiunary

A thousand, thousand tender ties awake this day my plaintive sighs
My heart within me almost dies, at thocht of leaving Fiunary

But I must leave those happy vales, see how they fill, the spreading sails
Adieu, adieu, my native dales, farewell, farewell tae Fiunary

The Parting Glass

Of all the money that ere I had, I spent it in good company.
And of all the harm that ere I’ve done, alas was done to none but me.
And all I’ve done for want of wit, to memory now I cannot recall.
So fill me to the parting glass. Goodnight and joy be with you all.

Of all the comrades that ere I had, they’re sorry for my going away,
And of all the sweethearts that ere I had , they wish me one more day to stay,
But since it falls unto my lot that I should rise while you should not,
I will gently rise and I’ll softly call, “Goodnight and joy be with you all!”

Oh, if I had money enough to spend and leisure time to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in this town that sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosey cheeks and ruby lips, she alone has my heart in thrall.
So fill me to the parting glass. Goodnight and joy be with you all.

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Die Grünen im Emsland

About this site

Since November 2009 this site serves as platform for my other websites. There you'll find enough content. It's all about my profession (school) and my passion (music). / Diese Seite dient seit November 2009 als Plattform für meine eigentlichen Websites.
The music related articles are in English and for the school stuff I prefer German. On the right you see all my websites and above are links to the pages on this blog. / Die Musikartikel sind auf Englisch und der Schulkram ist auf Deutsch. Rechts sind Links zu den Webseiten, die ich betreibe/gestalte. Oben sind Links zu den Seiten auf diesem persönlichen Blog.I'd be delighted if you get in touch with me via comments. Have fun. / Man kann gern mitwirken über Die Kommentare. Viel Spaß.